Police arrested two Russian hackers, use the function Find my iPhone for extortion

In Moscow, arrested two hackers pricked use the Find my iPhone to block foreign iPhones and aypadov and extortion money.





In theory, the ability to remotely lock and display the message is intended for communication with its owner gadget thief or finder. But intercepting control uchёtkoy Apple ID, hackers blocking device and send the ransom demand of $ 50-100 threatened removal of personal data by the very owners.

As reported by department "K" to take control of gadgets hackers used two schemes:

  • Apple ID theft victims through phishing pages or hacking email;
  • social engineering: pre-prepared uchёtki distributed via online ads for lease Apple ID, containing a large amount of media content acquired. < /
    Muscovites were detained in 1991 and born in 1998, one of which has already been tried before. Aktivnichali they are long - the first signals received in the spring. The news received international attention - apparently, the hackers were not confined to Russian owners uchёtok (Russian users uchёtkami with Freestuff content really should not be offended) - "Reuters» пишет, that the complaints received even from Australia.

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